Two people have been charged with murder in connection to a recent shooting that claimed the life of a 34-year-old man in North Carolina.
Antwone Chisholm has been identified as the man shot and killed around 2 p.m. Monday in a residential area on Kentucky Drive just off Benson Road in Garner.
Garner Police Department arrested and charged 27-year-old Patee Lachelle Bell and 30-year-old Howard Lee Covington Jr. in connection to the murder.
According to family members, Bell and Chisholm got engaged this past weekend on a vacation in Puerto Rico. Chisholm’s family says he was a kind, generous family man.
“He was just an overall kind-hearted guy, loved his family, very dedicated to his family,” said Quincy Chisholm, Antwone’s first cousin.
Quincy said Antwone had six children and a grandchild and was caring for Bell’s children as well.
“Everything he did was in an attempt to give his family more. He was never worried about himself,” Chisholm said.
In a social media post she shared, Chisholm’s mother, Novella, memorialized her son, saying in part, “My heart is completely broken. I will never be the same again. The pain is indescribable. I love you, son.”
During Bell’s first court appearance on Wednesday, she was a assigned a capital defender, and told she was being held without bond. Covington’s first court appearance will be Thursday at 2 p.m.
Chisholm’s family said they do not know Howard Covington, or his relationship with Bell or Antwone.
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